Gathering Under the Mango Tree: Values in Traditional Culture in Africa

By Dickson A. Mungazi

Gathering under the Mango Tree discusses how values have shaped the character of society and influenced the lives of Africans. The study addresses the topics of family structure, medicine, religion, government, jurisprudence, art forms, and socio-economic systems. The book also raises the issue of how Africans are caught between past and present values and concludes that Africa is at a cultural crossroad.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082042336X
• ISBN13: 9780820423364
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 314 Pages